Illinois 97th Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2401 — EDUCATION-TECH

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0151

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

4 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill HB 2401 primarily involve updates to the document's formatting and version references. Lines previously marked as "Engrossed" have been changed to "Enrolled," indicating the bill has moved closer to final approval. This distinction is important because it signifies that the bill has passed through the legislative process and is now in its final form, ready for presentation to the governor for signing into law.

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HB2401 Engrossed LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b AN ACT concerning education.
HB2401 Enrolled LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b AN ACT concerning education.
Not more than 70 charter schools shall operate at any one time in any city having a population exceeding 500,000 and not more than 45 charter schools shall operate at any one time in the remainder of the State, with not more than one charter school that has been initiated by a board of education, or by an intergovernmental agreement between or among boards of HB2401 Engrossed - 2 - LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b education, operating at any one time in the school district where the charter school is located.
Not more than 70 charter schools shall operate at any one time in any city having a population exceeding 500,000 and not more than 45 charter schools shall operate at any one time in the remainder of the State, with not more than one charter school that has been initiated by a board of education, or by an intergovernmental agreement between or among boards of HB2401 Enrolled - 2 - LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b education, operating at any one time in the school district where the charter school is located.
(d) Enrollment in a charter school shall be open to any pupil who resides within the geographic boundaries of the area HB2401 Engrossed - 3 - LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b served by the local school board, provided that the board of education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may designate attendance boundaries for no more than one-third of the charter schools permitted in the city if the board of education determines that attendance boundaries are needed to relieve overcrowding or to better serve low-income and at-risk students.
(d) Enrollment in a charter school shall be open to any pupil who resides within the geographic boundaries of the area HB2401 Enrolled - 3 - LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b served by the local school board, provided that the board of education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may designate attendance boundaries for no more than one-third of the charter schools permitted in the city if the board of education determines that attendance boundaries are needed to relieve overcrowding or to better serve low-income and at-risk students.
However, priority shall be given to siblings of pupils enrolled in the charter school and to pupils who were enrolled in the charter school the previous school year, unless expelled for cause, and priority may be given to pupils residing within the charter school's attendance boundary, if a boundary has been designated HB2401 Engrossed - 4 - LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b by the board of education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.
However, priority shall be given to siblings of pupils enrolled in the charter school and to pupils who were enrolled in the charter school the previous school year, unless expelled for cause, and priority may be given to pupils residing within the charter school's attendance boundary, if a boundary has been designated HB2401 Enrolled - 4 - LRB097 07704 NHT 47815 b by the board of education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0151

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2012

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011

  8. Second Reading

  9. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011

  10. Do Pass Education; 009-000-000

  11. Assigned to Education

  12. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  13. Referred to Assignments

  14. First Reading

  15. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2011

  17. Arrive in Senate

  18. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-000

  19. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  20. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote

  21. Second Reading - Short Debate

  22. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer

  24. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch

  25. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo

  26. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

  28. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger

  29. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis

  30. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia

  31. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

  32. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  34. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar

  35. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  36. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  37. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  38. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 022-000-000

  39. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  40. Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell

  41. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  42. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell

  43. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  44. Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000

  45. Assigned to Executive Committee

  46. Referred to Rules Committee

  47. First Reading

  48. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross

Sponsors

  • Jerry L. Mitchell · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Jerry L. Mitchell

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 44002
Democrat 10000
Republican 3000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
McCarter — Yea
Forby — Yea
Mulroe — Yea
Haine — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Landek — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Brady — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Johnson, C. — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
McCann — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Millner — Not Voting
Muñoz — Yea
Noland — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Jones, J. — Not Voting
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Sandack — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
LaHood — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea
Kevin Schmidt Republican Yea
Sue Rezin Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 108 Yea · 1 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Unaffiliated 91107
Republican 4002
Total 108109
% of votes cast 92%1%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Brauer — Yea
Brown — Yea
Burns — Not Voting
Connelly — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hays — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Kay — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Morthland — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Riley — Yea
Senger — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Burke, Daniel — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Burke, Kelly — Yea
Harris, Greg — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Golar — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Howard — Yea
Watson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Jones — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Mulligan — Not Voting
Nybo — Yea
Hernandez — Not Voting
Osterman — Not Voting
Phelps — Yea
Soto — Not Voting
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Unes — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Winters — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jackson — Nay
Kosel — Yea
Yarbrough — Not Voting
Zalewski — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Roth — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Sente — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Barickman — Yea
Beaubien — Not Voting
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biss — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Bost — Yea
May — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Michelle Mussman Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Rita Mayfield Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Not Voting
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Not Voting
Norine K. Hammond Republican Yea
Wayne A. Rosenthal Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2401 do?
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waivers of School Code mandates.
Who sponsors HB 2401?
HB 2401 is sponsored by Jerry L. Mitchell.
What is the current status of HB 2401?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.
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